Entering information, Using the hardware keyboard, Using the qwerty keyboard – Opticon H21 User Manual
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2.10. Entering Information
You can enter text, numbers and symbols using one of the following input modes: Keyboard, Letter
Recognizer, Block Recognizer, Transcriber, Initial capital*, Lowercase* and Uppercase*.
NOTE: * Only for the numeric keyboard.
Icon
Input Mode
Lowercase
Initial Capital
Uppercase
Letter Recognizer / Block Recognizer
Transcriber
Keyboard (touch panel)
Regardless of the input mode, the hardware keyboard can always be used to enter characters.
For the numeric keyboard however the kind of characters that you can input depends on the mode it
is in. In Keyboard mode, Letter/block recognizer mode and Transcriber mode, the numeric keyboard
can be used to enter numbers. To capitalize the first letter of every sentence you enter, use the
Initial Capital mode. To enter lowercase characters or uppercase characters, use Lowercase mode
respectively Uppercase mode. See the chapter on the numeric keyboard for more details.
The QWERTY keyboard works regardless of the mode, so it does not need special input modes.
2.11. Using the hardware Keyboard
Depending on the model, the H21 is either equipped with a QWERTY keyboard or a numeric
keyboard.
2.11.1.
Using the QWERTY Keyboard
The QWERTY keyboard has 39 keys that can be used more or less like a normal PC keyboard. Just
press the key with the character that you want to enter.
Lower case mode
By default, the QWERTY keyboard is in lower case mode. To enter a single uppercase letter, press
↑ (the shift key, located on the far left, on the lower row) followed by the key marked with the desired
character. This character will then be uppercase. The next character will be lowercase again.
Upper case mode
To switch to uppercase mode, press FN, followed by
↑ (the shift key, located on the far left, on the
lower row). All characters will then become uppercase characters. To enter a single lowercase
character, press
↑ followed by the key marked with the desired character. This character will then be
lowercase. The next character will be uppercase again.